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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Daddy's Little Girl

Mrs.
Collins paced, the scowl on her face revealing her frustration. "I'm a
failure. They'll let me go now for sure. How could this have happened?"
She muttered, glaring at Danika. "You're a disappointment young lady. You
not only let me down, you disgraced the entire school."

Until
now, Danika had not said a word. She merely sat watching Mrs. Collins, head
mistress of Mystic Creek Manor, an institution for the gifted. She expected her
to spontaneously combust at any moment. "I'm sorry Mrs. Collins. I promise
to behave from now on." Danika stared at the floor, her long jet-black
hair shielding her face. "May I go back to my room now? Please."

"No.
Your parent's are on their way. They'll help clean this mess up."

"You
called them?" Danika uttered.

"Of
course I did. You do understand the seriousness of this don't you Danika?"

Her sapphire
eyes still fixed on the floor, Danika sighed. "Yes."

Mrs.
Collins slid her eyeglasses down to the tip of her nose as she shot Danika a harsh
gaze. "I don't even want to think about what the head master is going to
do when he finds out about this."

"We
can keep it a secret." Danika whispered.

"Not
likely. I am positive the news of what you have done is most certain to become
tomorrow's headline in the school paper."

∞

"Danika!
What's going on?" her father Merrick bellowed.

"Now
dear, give the child a chance to explain before you have her tarred and
feathered," her mother Emily scolded.

Merrick
sat next to his daughter. "So what do you have to say for yourself? How
could you have lost control? You know better than to do this."

"She
must be punished sir," Mrs. Collins interrupted.

"Leave
us now!" Merrick snapped. "I will handle this."

Out of
respect for his high standing within the close-knit community and fearing his
well-known reputation of tremendous wrath, Mrs. Collins bowed her head submissively
and left them.

"But
daddy you always say I should follow my instincts. That's what I did. You don't
want me to lose or deny the part of me that makes me like you, do you?"

"Danika!"
Merrick shouted. "Don't be coy with me. This is not going to be easy to fix."

Afraid to
face her father, Danika silently continued to stare at the floor.

"You
better explain to your father Danika. Now, before he loses his temper."
Emily warned.

"I
think I better show daddy," she
whispered.

Danika
took her father's hand and tugged him behind her. Emily followed closely. They
walked across the manicured lawn between the administrative buildings and the
dorm rooms and entered the building that housed their daughter's living
quarters. Whispers hummed and gaping mouths adorned the faces of those brave
enough to peer out into the hallways. A quick glance in their direction by
Merrick had them cowardly scurrying back inside their rooms.

Danika
hesitated outside of the door. "Please don't be mad daddy. I know I was a
bad girl but I promise I will be good from now on."

Emily
smiled at Merrick. "Stay calm husband," she whispered in his ear and
gently kissed his cheek.

An
impatient Merrick opened the door and stepped inside. "Oh my Danika, you
have been a very bad girl."

Both
terrified and in awe of what his young daughter was capable of, Merrick's eyes
roamed around the room. Blood splatter covered the walls and sprawled out on
the floor at their feet, the lifeless body of the grounds keeper Henry laid in
a crimson pool; the proof of Danika's inability to control that which she had
inherited from her father.

Emily
peered through the open door. The dread she felt gazing at the dead man caused
her to gasp and take a step backward.

Merrick
caressed his human wife's cheek. She was trembling. "Wait in the common
area Emily," he instructed her. "I will help Danika clean this mess
up.

Emily
nodded. She cupped her daughter's face, kissed her on the cheek and whispered,
"I love you", before hurrying out of the room.

"It
is forbidden to take a human life." Merrick stated firmly.

"Yes
daddy, I understand. What will happen to me?"

"I
will not allow anyone to harm you." Merrick placed a firm hand on her
shoulder. "You are my daughter, offspring of an ancient; the child of a vampire father and a human
mother. You are a strong, powerful, and cunning dhamphyr but you must always
remember you cannot kill humans, or any other species for that matter. We can
drink from humans only when clear rational consent is given.

"But
daddy he was a bad man. He tried to hurt me." Danika entered the bathroom
and emerged with a torn bloody nightgown. "Look what he did to my
nightie."

Poetry

Quinn Cullen

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I am a multi genre author. My writing includes paranormal romance/erotica, horror and poetry. A long time New England resident, I feel fortunate to be living in an area that affords me the privilege of all four seasons, enjoying the fringe benefits the different climates have to offer. In awe of its overwhelming brute force and mystique, my favorite place on this wonderful earth is by the ocean.